canadians: whats your honest opinion of living in canada
 

just curious as to what the consensus is with people that live there currently.

i'm loosely considering moving up there - i understand taxation and unemployment are fairly high in comparison to the states, and that major health issues aren't rectified in exactly a timely manner.

i may be way off base though. let me know.

too cold

everything else is great
especially the nightlife

Taxes aren't bad where I am. Don't know about anywhere else, don't really care either.

The cost of living here in Winnipeg is quite low.


Overall my concensus is: I like it.

Our goverment is as bad any other. They lie and steal from us. We've had the same Liberal Goverment for ages. We can't vote them out aslong as Ontario and Quebec keep electing them.

Our taxes are insane.

Our healthcare, billed as free, is not really free. If you make more than a paltry sum of money, you have to pay monthly for it. It's not very much, but our system isn't very good either.

Huge waiting lists, shortages of Doctors, Nurses and Hopsital Beds.

It's cold up here. Summers are nice though.

visited many places, and always want to come back home. Im in toronto and the best place to be in the world.

http://www.toronto.ca

see for yourself

i live in colorado so cold aint a thang
i love snowboarding too

i almost took a job at 16 working for an internet privacy company in vancouver during the tail end of the dot com bubble.

canada was awesome while i was up there i had a blast.

I've been thinking of a move as well. I have family in Mascouch.

Quebec elected them???/

You know as much about Canada as you do about the states...:1orglaugh

Sigh. I've refrained from calling you stupid. I no longer can.

The Liberals won 135 seats. 75 from Ontario. 21 From Quebec.

Who doesn't know what's going on in Canada?

honnestly? I consider myself lucky.


Crime rate is lower. Murders go punished. gangbangers get gang raped in jail and we have decent roads. The RCMP actually tries to break up organized crime and we have good beer. Our waters are clear (so far) and education is easier to get.

Now for the downsides that I see,

TAX TAX TAX TAX.. then nothing when we desperately need it. Such as women on maternaty leave. they have to wait a month for any money from employment insurance.

On the eastern and western seaboard there is nothing sacred when it comes to car preservation. It all fucking rots fast due to way too much godamn salt haha. The government never lsiten to the people until we block highways or burn down fishing villages. The indians are getting a free ride and get away with everything.

The goods clearly outweigh the bad though. It's generaly a safer and cleaner place to live. especially in less populated areas.

Quebec: 21 out of ?????

Where are the other 39 seats ( more than Quebec )...
Maritimes????

Tories can't crack Liberal fortress in Atlantic Canada

Quebec voted " Bloc Quebecois" , the only province were they exist ... ( lol ) ...

In order to match Quebec's 21 Liberal Seats, you need to add up the next three provinces. BC, NS, and NB.

Let's go back four years to 2000.

Ontario 100 Liberal Seats. Quebec 36 Liberal Seats. Cumatively enough to form a minority goverment. The rest of the country together only elected 36 Liberal Seats.

Let's go back to the elections of 1997

Ontario 101 Liberal Seats. Querbec 26 seats. The rest of Canada 37 Liberal seats.

Notice a pattern? Ontario the largest supporter, followed by Quebec. Still think Quebec has nothing to do with it?

I think Toronto is very average

Especially when you compare it to the West Coast.

I've travelled all over the world. I've been to every Canadian province too.

Canada is a good place to live, but it's not perfect. We have our share of problems here too.

That is true. I've been to many countries in the world (including Canada), and I would have to say that the west coast of Canada is one of the best places to live in the world.

i moved to the US

I personally know of many more Canadians to leave for the US, than the other way around. Including members of my family.

Winniped sucks dude, I have family that lives there and everytime I go there I feel like shooting myself.

+ plus they don't have all the brand name cereals (lucky charms, coco puffs, etc)

God bless the USA.

:thumbsup

*sigh*

So many dipshits, so little time.


Winnipeg sucks because you have no friends here. The problem is you, not Winnipeg.

Yes, we have always had and always will have all those brands of cereals.

God bless the higher primate.

In Toronto myself and I like it. Although I havn't lived anywhere else just yet. The winters do get a little cold, but besides that it's all good. The positives easily outweigh the negatives.

Most of my family is from Winnipeg. It's alright in the summer. Sucks some serious ass in the Winter. Of course I just don't like the cold, so that could be it. Funny thing is that I was born in the NWT .. So you'd think I could take the cold. I can't :(

Some of my fondest memories of Childhood come from Grande Beach (sp?) and Itallian "mixer" socials with my Grandfather.

Good times!

Depends which province you want to live in, some places are too cold, some places theres a lot of rain and not that cold... Alberta only has 1 tax compared to 2 in other provinces...

:1orglaugh

Best comment I've read in a while.

I've lived in Winnipeg for a couple years, while it's not quite as fun as my old home of Vancouver I can assure you that we have every brand of cereal any other city has. I don't know where you get cereal down south but the next time you're here, allow me to recommend trying a grocery store. Or WalMart. Or London drugs. Or some gas stations for fucks' sake.

Where did you look anyway?

Try to pretend Winnipeg is the shit dumbass :321GFY everyone knows its LAME like your lies about having brand name cereals :1orglaugh

I just told you I have family up there why the fuck would I lie genius :winkwink:

Funny how you start getting offended and say I don't have any friends in Winnipeg, piece of shit Canadian :glugglug :glugglug

I think his familly lives in the north end. That, or east transcona.

Visiting NYC wouldn't be much fun if you didn't leave Harlem.

http://www.foundlocally.com/Winnipeg...lkMallSign.jpg

BoardwalkMallSign, Winnipeg Canada



HAHAHAHA :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

http://www.foundlocally.com/Winnipeg...Page=3&Search=

Higher unemployment than in the states?!

Yeah Rich, WINNIPEG OWNS MAN

http://www.foundlocally.com/Winnipeg...eAtStation.jpg

CPlocomotiveAtStation, Winnipeg Canada

August 2004

Employment was little changed for the second consecutive month. Job gains over the first eight months of 2004 totalled 113,000 (+0.7%), with almost all of the growth this year occurring in April and May. In August, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.2%.

While there was little change in the number of hours worked in August, hours worked has grown by 2.5% over the first eight months of 2004.

Taxes are indeed higher.

i love it.

Yes, definitely north end. No wonder he hasn't seen anything of our nightlife, too scared to set foot outside. Can't say as I blame him.


Little twit want's to argue with me about kid's cereal when he obviously has much bigger issues. Too funny.

Is that little shack where your family lives???

Well shit man, why didn't you say so? Fuck, now I feel BAD for you.

Hey guys lets compare Winnipeg to NYC HAHAHA

Rich's retarted example


http://www.trailcanada.com/photos/ca...innipeg/21.jpg

The Winnipeg skyline



http://www.trailcanada.com/photos/photos-on-08-21.asp

2 posts in a row now :1orglaugh

im really pissing you off now huh :Graucho

How does it feel to live in this piece of shit place http://www.trailcanada.com/photos/ca...mbnails/01.jpg


:321GFY :321GFY :321GFY

I'm living in Central BC in a small town...

BC taxes are fairly high, but we have all kinds of cereal :) except.. the corn pops are a different recipe, they're better.... and I can't find a store that carries cocoa pebbles. :1orglaugh

Cost of living is not bad at all, I think.

Ohhhhh drama! :1orglaugh

Hey, isn't anyone going to sing Alberta's praises?

ROFL! I'd fucking slit my wrists no doubt if I lived in that depressing ass place!

Agreed, look at the pictures he's posting, what a douchebag. Those are really the hot spots of our city. I know I partied at that abandoned train car in the middle of nowhere last night. :1orglaugh

Like I said, your broke-ass family living in a shit shack ghetto part of the city isn't really my problem lucky charm boy.



Do I feel bad about living here?......

http://www.thewinnipegpages.com/pics/pw_coupleonred.jpg

I don't think so.


Lower crime than NYC
Cleaner air
cleaner city
high % of hot women

You either get it, or..... you don't. It's really just that simple.

http://www.trailcanada.com/photos/ca...mbnails/01.jpg

Is that the Canadian flag on top :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh